Belarus: Feature film about repression and censorship
A unique film about the arbitrary repression in Belarus was screened in Stockholm on 20 March 2013. Unique because it dramatises the suppression in a way which for instance a documentary would not be able to. The film’s title is the Belarusian opposition slogan. It’s called ‘Viva Belarus!’ and is about the young rock musician [...]
Poland: Belarusian exhibition censored in the last minute
A Belarusian outdoor visual arts exhibition in Warsaw underwent serious censorship. Representatives of the Belarusian embassy removed nine paintings because they found them ‘inappropriate’. The Belarusian version of the exhibition, entitled the Zabor art project, was displayed on a fence in Minsk in the summer 2012, but less than an hour before the exhibition was [...]
Belarus: Video statement about the situation for arts
Piotr Kuljeu, founder of Art Siadziba, an independent cultural centre in Belarus, made this statement about the situation for arts in Belarus During Trans Europe Halles Meeting 74 in Gothenburg, Sweden, Piotr Kuljeu, founder of Art Siadziba in Minsk, Belarus, got a phone call. He learnt that the KGB had closed his independent cultural centre [...]
Belarus: Blacklisted rock musician speaks about censorship
Freemuse interview with musician Lavon Volski, a guitarist and vocalist of the group Krambambula The Belarusian singer and musician Lavon Volski gave an exclusive interview to Freemuse about the current repressions of the Belarusian regime against the independent music scene in the country which since 1994 has been governed by president Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Volski, born [...]
Belarus Free Theatre: Strong criticism of repression in Belarus
“Everything has changed for the worse,” said Natalia Kaliada, exiled co-founder of the Belarus Free Theatre, in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian about the escalating brutality in her homeland. “New arrests are taking place. New people are going to jail for long-term sentences. Even rock concerts are banned in Belarus. Nothing has [...]
Belarus: Trial of pro-opposition singer-songwriter
Pro-opposition singers Igor Simbiryov and Dzmitryy Bartosik were arrested during an open-air performance near Minsk on 6 May 2012, the Belarusian news agency Belapan reported on 7 May 2012. According to opposition activist Yuryy Hanchar, policemen brought the musicians and some spectators to a police station in the town of Zhdanovichy in Minsk Region. “After [...]
